Exam 3: Generalist Social Work Practice

In which of the following models of community practice members of oppressed groups seeks to organize an oppressed group to pressure the power structure for increased resources or for social justice?

Identify the social group in which members relate to one another in an intimate manner to improve their personal and interpersonal awareness and then develop more effective interaction patterns.

​An organization is a group of individuals gathered together to serve a particular purpose.

The tactics used in social action approach include protests, boycotts, and confrontation.

In-home services are specifically designed to help families stay together.

​Briefly describe the following roles assumed by social workers in social work practice: enabler, broker, advocate, activist, empowerer, mediator, negotiator, educator, initiator, coordinator, researcher, group facilitator, and public speaker.

Define values and describe differences between values and knowledge as explained by Allen Pincus and Anne Minahan.

​Summarize the basic structural conflicts between helping professionals and the bureaucratic system in which they work. Knopf lists a number of tips on how to survive in a bureaucracy; summarize those suggestions that you view as most useful.

Give a brief summary of the following: a. The importance of organizations in our lives as described by Etzioni. b. The importance of organizations for social work practice as summarized by Netting, Kettner, and McMurtry. ​

List some of the circumstances when a professional is permitted, expected, or required to violate confidentiality.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has formulated a Code of Ethics that summarizes important practice ethics for social workers. Which of the following behaviors has been listed under the social work competency entitled "Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities"?

​Religion is the general human experience of developing a sense of meaning, purpose, and morality.

The most important point of generalist social work practice involves viewing a problem situation in terms of the _____.

​All of these statements are true of Council on Social Work Education, except:

In which of the following models of community practice do the roles of a community practitioner include gathering facts; analyzing data; and serving as program designer, implementer, and facilitator?

​Are members of your family currently facing some challenges? If so, would some form of family services be useful?

Which of the following is true of confidentiality in social work practice?​

Summarize the following values that underlie social work practice: respect for the dignity and uniqueness of the individual, clients' right to self-determination, confidentiality, advocacy and social action for the oppressed, accountability, and the institutional orientation.

​Compare and contrast the concepts of human rights and social justice.

The principle of client's right to self-determination asserts that clients have the right to hold and express their own opinions and to act on them, as long as doing so does not infringe on the rights of others.